WPLN News staff holding awards received July 2009.
Left to Right: Nina Cardona, Christine Buttorff, Jacqueline Fellows, Daniel Potter, Anita Bugg, Joe White, Kim Green, Craig Havighurst, and Blake Farmer

Nashville Public Radio produces and distributes news programming that is accurate and balanced and places events and issues in a broader historical, political and social context.

We help listeners appreciate what is both universal and unique about local and regional issues, culture and events and help them make informed decisions and choices that improve the quality of life for themselves and others in our community.

We are proud that the work of Nashville Public Radio’s professional news staff has received numerous awards, including-

May 2010

Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters’ Awards

Best Radio Newscast – 1st Place – Staff, WPLN.

Best Spot News – 1st Place – Daniel Potter, Blake Farmer and Nina Cardona,
“Murfreesboro Tornado.”

Best Enterprise 1st Place – Blake Farmer, “Fort Campbell Suicides,”
Listen to Part 1 – “Fort Campbell Faces Wave of Suicides”
Listen to Part 2 – “Fort Campbell Suicide Prevention Depends on Buddy System”

Best Use of Sound – 1st Place – Craig Havighurst,
Listen – “Fairgrounds Speedway.”

Best Long Light Feature – 1st Place – Craig Havighurst,
Listen – “Sam & Ruby.”

Best Short Hard News Story – 1st Place – Blake Farmer,
“Ft. Campbell Leads Army in Suicides.”

Best Hard News Story – 1st Place – Anne Marshall,
Listen – “A Family in Transition”
Listen – “Veggie Project.” (a tie for 1st place)

Best Sports Feature – 1st Place – Craig Havighurst,
Listen – “Fairgrounds Speedway.”

Best Overall – 1st Place – Staff, WPLN.

Best Radio Newscaster – 1st Place - Jacqueline Fellows, WPLN.

Above: Awards from the 2010 Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters Association

June 2009

PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Incorporated)

Division B

Best Writing – Second Place – “Mike Farris: Salvation In Lights” (Craig Havighurst)

News Feature – First Place – “Vulnerability Index” (Blake Farmer)

Newscast – First Place – “October 8, 2008, 7:06 am (staff)

May 2009

Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters’ Awards

Best Radio Newscast – WPLN, staff

Best Spot News – WPLN, Blake Farmer,
“Macon County Appears Hardest Hit”

Best Use of Sound – WPLN, Kim Green,
“Ken Mink: Senior Citizen – Sophomore Guard”

Best Light Feature – WPLN, Blake Farmer,
“Barbershop Contends with Disharmony”

Best Short Hard News Story – WPLN, Joe White,
“Shut Out of Buyout”

Best Hard News Story – WPLN, Blake Farmer,
“Cleanup Begins Following Deadliest Storms in 75 Years”

Best Public Affairs – WPLN, Blake Farmer and Christine Buttorff,
“Another Downtown”

Best Sports Feature – WPLN, Kim Green,
“Ken Mink: Senior Citizen – Sophomore Guard”

Best Overall – WPLN, staff

Best of Show in Radio – WPLN, Kim Green

WPLN News staff holding awards received July 2008.
Left to Right: Nina Cardona, Christine Buttorff, Blake Farmer, Joe White, Jacqueline Fellows , Daniel Potter and Anita Bugg

Public Radio News Directors, Inc (PRINDI)

July 2008

First Place – Division B – Newscast – “6:06 am Dec. 7, 2007”
First Place – Division B – Continuing Coverage – “Mayoral Race”
Second Place – Division B – Soft Feature – “Bad Week For Marijuana Growers”

July 2007

Listen – 1st place in Soft Feature ““ Kim Green for “Guide Pups”

Listen – 2nd place News Feature ““ Blake Farmer for “Shame Punishment”

Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters

July 2008

Enterprise: Honorable Mention: staff, WPLN – “Urban Plunge”

Use of sound: 1st, staff, WPLN – “Urban Plunge”
Honorable Mention: Kim Green, WPLN – “Tuning the Schermerhorn Pipes”

Long light feature: 1st, Kim Green, WPLN – “Tuning the Schermerhorn Pipes”
Honorable Mention: Adrienne Outlaw, Scott Smith, Anita Bugg, WPLN – “The Doyle and Debbie Show”

Short hard news story: 1st, Nina Cardona, WPLN “Residents Upset By Landfill Secrecy”

Hard news story: 1st, Staff, WPLN – “Urban Plunge”
Honorable Mention: Blake Farmer, WPLN – “McKendree Village”

Public affairs: 1st, staff, WPLN – “Mayoral Race”

Best overall: 1st, staff, WPLN – compilation of staff work

Best radio newscaster: 1st, Blake Farmer, WPLN
Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Fellows, WPLN

Best of Show in Radio: WPLN

June 2007

Best Political Coverage “” Jacqueline Fellows, Christine Buttorff, and Blake Farmer for coverage of U.S. Senate race

Listen – Best Use of Sound ““ Craig Havighurst for “Manuel Delgado”

Listen – Best Long Light Feature ““ Kim Green for “Indie Restaurants”

Listen – Best Hard News Feature “” Blake Farmer for “English First”

Listen Part One – Listen Part Two – Best Public Affairs “” Adelyn Jones for “Children of The Incarcerated”

Listen – Best Sports Feature “” Kim Green for “Nashville Rollergirls”
(Kim also won an Honorable Mention for “Predators in Playoffs“)

Best Overall – for a montage of 20 stories submitted for this category